Our story

Newly pregnant and sitting on the train home from work in the dark, Brianna realized she didn't want to be doing that with a new baby at home. The commute, the work, it wasn't inspiring anymore. It wasn't creative.

That night in 2012 she told Nic, and together we decided we could live off his salary while she grew the business she'd already started on the side, helping friends and family with their websites.

Brianna joined the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and the Ridgewood Guild and started networking. Between that and happy clients who recommended someone, who recommended someone, the business grew. A year in, with a six-month-old baby, it was definitely not part-time anymore!

Nic wasn't loving his job, and we were about to start a major home renovation. So what was the logical first step? Nic quit his job and joined Creare. Yes, you read that right. A six-month-old, a renovation and a brand-new business, all at the same time. Were we crazy? Yes! Looking back, it's hard to believe we took that chance.

That leap gave us the freedom to move, and in 2018 we traded the warm New Jersey spring for Maine's mud season so we could slow down and live by the ocean.

There isn't much separation between work and life for us. Some days that's exhausting (who are we kidding, most days!), but it gives us the flexibility we wanted and a teammate we both trust.

We've worked from a hospital room after childbirth, jumped on Zoom calls from vacation, and snuck off to the beach on an unexpectedly warm day. We don't just want to be an extension of your team. We want to be part of your business, and honestly, that's why we love working with small businesses.

Nic twirling Brianna on the lawn in front of fall leaves

You get both of us, from the first call to long after launch.

Brianna handles the strategy, design and writing. Nic handles everything technical. Together we take care of the whole thing, so you never have to figure it out alone.

Brianna Scott, designer and creator at Creare

The designer and creator

Meet Brianna

Brianna has been helping small businesses with their marketing since 2005. Before starting Creare, she was a product manager for EducationDynamics, an online marketing manager for Crestron Electronics, and a design and marketing strategist and graphic designer for Graphic D-Signs (now Kick Charge Creative). She's worked on both the client side and the agency side, and she has a bachelor's degree in digital media and marketing from Loyola University Maryland (where she met Nic).

She's usually the first person you'll talk to, and she handles the strategy, design and writing. People are often surprised at how she can listen to them ramble about their business and pull out exactly what they meant.

When she's not in front of the computer, you'll probably find her driving our four kids (and their friends) around town, volunteering at their schools or sports organizations, sipping a glass of red wine while dreaming about getting back to Florence (where the name Creare, "to create," came from), or reading a good book on the beach. A true Jersey girl at heart, the one place you'll never find her is at the gas pump. That's Nic's job.

The musician and engineer

Meet Nic

Nic started his career as a freelance programmer and moved into system design engineering and technical, solutions and product marketing at Crestron Electronics. He joined Creare in 2013 as our web developer, and today he handles everything technical: building your website, hosting, security, email and all the behind-the-scenes stuff that keeps it running. He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Loyola University Maryland.

When Nic isn't knee-deep in code, you'll find him taking apart (or putting back together) something with our boys, out in the garden hunting for zucchini flowers to fry, or writing his next song.

Why people work with us

We answer

If you want someone who always picks up the phone (thanks, Nic!), answers your emails (thanks, Brianna!), and has your back no matter what the question, you've found your partner.

We do the work

The people who answer the phone are the same people who design, write and build your website. No hand-offs.

Nothing is cookie-cutter

You don't want to look and sound like every other business, and your website shouldn't either.

We stick around

We host and take care of the websites we build, so when you need something, you know exactly who to call.

Built in Southern Maine, working everywhere

The rocky coast meeting the pine forest captured our hearts on years of vacations here, and we knew it was where we wanted to be. We love working with businesses from Portsmouth to Portland.

But you don't need to be here to work with us! We have clients from Maine to Arizona and New Jersey to California. (That's also why our phone number still starts with 201.)

Giving back

Men and women for others.

As Jesuit-educated grads, being "men and women for others" is baked into us. We've served on boards, committees and projects in our community, from sports organizations to business groups to our kids' schools, and we try to set that example for our kids too.

Everything you do for your community, no matter how big or small, makes a difference. We'd love to help you start a ripple in yours.

local organizations we support

non-profits we build for

Organizations we support

York Little League
York Soccer Club
York Youth Cheer
York Youth Football
VES & CRES Parent Groups
York Parks & Recreation

Non-profits we're proud to build for

Stay; For Life
Women in Healthcare
University of Arizona HealthCare Partnership
Age Friendly Ridgewood
Community Soup Kitchen New Haven
Biddeford Food Pantry
Manie Musicale
The Little Birds Foundation

A few quick facts

Who owns Creare?

Creare Web Solutions is owned and run by Brianna Scott and Nic Scott, a husband-and-wife team. Brianna founded it in August 2012 and Nic joined in 2013.

Where are you?

Our mailing address is 1268 US Route 1, #72, Cape Neddick, Maine 03902. We work from our home office in York and serve businesses from Portsmouth, NH to Portland, ME, and across the country.

What does "Creare" mean?

Creare is Italian for "to create." The name was inspired by Florence, where Brianna studied abroad back in college (and where she still dreams of moving back to).

meet nic & brianna

Our story

Meet Brianna

Meet Nic